Jessica Daniel,
recently promoted to Detective Sargent, is assigned an impossible
case. The body of a woman is found in her locked home. While Jessica
and her immediate superior, Cole, try to figure out how the killer
could have gotten into the house, another body turns up. This time a
man is found strangled in his locked house.
The case continues
to frustrate the police, and their morale isn't improved by the
newspapers accusing them of incompetence. Jessica is particularly
frustrated because someone is leaking information to a reporter on
the Herald. Although she and Cole are following all leads and trying
to figure out the puzzle of the locked room, nothing seems to work
for them.
If you enjoy police
procedurals, this is an easy book to read without any serious
violence and bloody visuals. The plot is interesting, but it's not
hard to figure out who the killer is, and the twists are predictable.
I felt the book
bogged down because of all the time is spent on Jesssica's life
outside of the police. She is in some ways a difficult character to
like. She seems more aggressive and out of control than you would
expect in a newly promoted police officer.
The novel is set in
Manchester. I enjoyed the glimpses of the city. Although not lovely,
the background makes the story believable.
I reviewed this book
for the Amazon Vine Program.
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